thanks everyone..cant wait to get it back..ill post some pics of the finished product..should be late this week i get it back..hope the paint matches!! :/

 

yeah...that was my biggest reason for getting the whole car repainted
and i'm guessing all the control arms on your ream were replaced too right?

good luck...can't wait to c the car after all the repairs...i'll post up mine too

 

ya they are repainting like 3/4 of the car..idk..all i know is that it better look damn good or im gonna have them either redo it or just have them repaint the whole car..i HATE when paint doesnt match properly..lol..and yes the control arms were replaced and everything is aligned in the greeen ..

 

Damn i'm sorry about your car its been raining really bad for the pass few weeks i try not to drive when it is.... glad to hear your ok. good luck hope you find everything you need.

 

are you going with another lip? or sticking with the Wald?

 

u know i gotta stick with the wald bro..hahaha i love it

 

lolz....i knoe how you feel...i always wanted the visage kit but could never afford it until b4 i left for afghan and someone was getting rid of theirs....
now i have two lip kits where i can pick out which one to use like picking which shoes to wear lolz

 

alright, new problem i need some advice with..i went to check out the progress on my car..everything looks great!..new door, quarter panel, and front bumper are all on the car and primed ready for paint..they also took out a few dents for me that werent even caused by the accident ..only problem is my dashboard..i have the "melting dash" problem and it suckkss cause they scratched it all up..it would be easy to tell them that they have to replace it or fix it but this is my good friends body shop..my insurance wont cover any damage done by the shop, they say it has to go thru the actual shops insurance (which is my friends)...would it be wrong of me to tell my friend that im not accepting my car back until the dash is back to normal?..i dont want to ruin a friendship..lol i chill with this guy alot so hes a pretty good friend and all but this is the business end....this would be a good opportunity for me to ge a new dash tho..lol..considering Lexus refused to help me with the problem even tho it is cleary a defect with the material and is totally Lexus's fault..lol

 

and i did tell my friend about the dash and to tell his shop to be very careful when working around it..i guess they didnt listen too well lol

 

If he's a good friend he should be alright with getting you a new dash. Just explain it to him as nicely as possible.

 

yep...if he is really a friend he would take carre of that for you without hesitation....
now if he's a cheap b@st@rd(no offense) he's gonna try to say that its not their fault and it was like that....just bring it up....like fay said....nicely

 

thanks guys for your advice, i just got back from the shop and snapped a few shots of the new paint..looks a little bit off to me bt what do you gus think?..will it cure and get a little darker to match the original paint?..they sprayed the hood, passenger quarter panel and the whole passenger side of the car all the way back to the trunk..im hopin it will match up ..let me kno what u guys think

Quarter panel and door fixed


Looks like a drift car without the bumper lol (minus an intercooler )


The drivers side quarter panel and the hood dont really match..what do you think?




thanks again guys for dealin with all of my OCD questions..lol

 

it does look like the new panels have a redish hue to them.

this is why i hate dealing with family or friends. cause sometimes to get stuff done right you have to be tough on those doing the work....its harder to do that with those you are close with. when they sprayed it, they should have at least feathered in the paint onto the other panels. its not a maaco paint job. the shop needs to know about the issue.

 

yeah that's y i got the whole car repainted cuz i didnt believe that with them just fading it to the rest of the car will be to my liking so i just forked out the extra dough to get the entire car fixed up

 

damn....so it wont cure and get darker..Element i think u confused my original quarter panel for the new painted one..the lighter paint is the new..will it cure and get darker?? it would match better if it did that